Written by Scott Edwards There are very few times in life where you can trust someone you have just met. With so many people out there that are just looking to take advantage of whatever your situation is, it is next to impossible to know who you can even believe in. But there are those few instances where you just have a feeling about someone and know that they are on the level and looking to help you. Even if they may not be able to deliver everything that they have promised you, you still know that they will be a part of your life, no matter what curve balls are thrown your way.
Sarah Connor is a lonely waitress that is just looking for Mister Right. After her date cancels on her, she decides to head out to the movies to fill her time and leave her roommate and boyfriend at home to take care of their own business. But what Sarah does not know will hurt her as there are two people from the future that are looking to hunt her down, one is looking to protect her and the other is looking to kill her. As anyone that is anyone has their name, number and address in the phonebook, it is an easy task to find Sarah Connor, but it may prove a little more difficult to locate the right one. Kyle Reese has been sent from the future to protect Sarah against a killing machine that has been sent back before him. Not knowing the current year and mugging a homeless man to get something to cover himself, Kyle runs into more problems from the get go than he could have expected. Needing to find the young woman who is the mother of the man that will lead the uprising against the machines that have taken over the world in his time, Kyle turns out to be very resourceful in finding Sarah, but he has to use her as bait to find out what the T-800 looks like. After watching the humanoid try to kill Sarah, Kyle is able to step in and put a wrench in the gears, but he knows that it is not enough and has to prove to Sarah that she is in trouble. Explaining himself and his mission, Kyle falls for the mother of his leader and steps over a line that he, himself did not want to venture. But with nothing to lose and everything to gain, Kyle puts on his solider face and battles the T-800 to the death. The T-800 is a new design the has infiltrated human strongholds in the future and now has made its way to the past. Looking like a human, only dogs are able to distinguish that it is not, and under that fleshy exterior is a hunter/killer made of metal. Traveling around the city without any issue, the T-800 has located many Sarah Connors from the phone book and is visiting each one in order. Without a reason to listen to any of them, the T-800 performs his duty and kills them on the spot. But when he terminates the wrong person in Sarah’s apartment, he has to venture out of his normal programing and head to a populated area where the kills become more apparent. Being stopped by Kyle on his first attempt to kill the woman, the T-800 has to take his game up a notch and will not retire until this Sarah Connor is dead. Nothing will stop the machine from accomplishing his goal, not even having to take the fight to the police station. Honestly, who did not love this movie when it first came out? This was something special that will never be duplicated in cinema and never should be. Yes, I know the special effects are a little bit dated, all right, a lot dated, but the story still stands tall and may even tower over the stars. There are several parts of this movie that may leave you wanting more, but hey, it was the eighties and very true to the time and looking back, I am pretty sure it was how most of the people behaved. I will admit that the cops in this movie made me cry with how bad they really were, but they did prove that numbers can be a blessing, along with a curse. Headphones, big hair, bad music, blood, action and a gas truck explosion, there is nothing better to make a blockbuster in the eighties and there is nothing that can replace it. I am a little ashamed to say that this is the first time I have watched this DVD since buying it countless years ago, but you know what, it ends up feeling like a new movie to the collection once again. Well, we've come to the end so I need a Sci-Fi sendoff, don’t have a set one yet, so I will try…the Future is only minutes away.
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